Bag and handle



De & 1953 G. D. KING BAG AND HANDLE Filed March 27, 1950 INVENTOR. GLENGARRY '0. KING ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 8, 1953 UN TE STATES. i 1 v A v I BAGANDHANDLE hi Y Glengarry D. King, Oakland, Calif., assigmortov Crown Zellerbach Corporation, San Francisco, Calif., a corporation of Nevada 5 V v Application March 27, 1950, Serial No. 152,108 b 3 Claims. (01. 229-44) "f This invention relates in general to paper bags and the like, including satchel-bottom bags and bags of similar types, and relates in particular to heavypaper bags employed for the carrying or packaging of bag contents of such weight and 'naturethat a handle for the filled bag is a con- 'siderable convenience.

An object of this invention is to provide an improved bag and handle combination of simpli-' fied and practical construction in which the handle is permanently attached to the bag body at the completion of the forming of the bag.

While handles of various types of construction have been devised heretofore, either as permanent or removable bag attachments, many of these are inconvenient for ordinary uses of the bag or else interfere with the complete closing or sealing of the bag. A further object of the present'invention is to provide an improved bag and handle combination in which either the temporary or the permanent closing or sealing of the bag will be facilitated by the handle.

Anotherand specific object of the invention is to provide a handled bag with the handle portion attached to one side or face of the bag only, yet with the handle capable of transferring the :stress equally to both sides of the bag when the :filled and closed bag is carried by the handle. An additional object is to provide a bag with :a permanent handle, which handle-however, will :not extend beyond the top of the bag when the bag'is not in use or when the bag is open and :-is being filled, and thus will at no time interfere with the handling of the empty bag or the filling of the bag.

A related object is to provide an improved bag :and handle combination which will enable hanhdled bags to be bundled or shipped as easily as ordinary bags without handles and which will :require only a minimum additional amount of storage space for empty bags beyond that re- .quired for bags without any handles whatsoever.

A further object of this invention is to provide an improved handle attachment for a bag which will be inexpensive to manufacture and which will be of adequate strength for the carry- :ing of any bag load which the bag itself is able :to withstand.

- A still further object is to provide a bag and .ihandle combination which will be equally satisfactory and efiici'ent regardless of whether the "bag itself is a single ply bag or a multi-ply bag. The manner in which I attain the above mentioned objects and other incidental advantages will be readily understood from the following brief description with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of an ordinary showing the bag set up in openposition ready to be filled;

Fig. 2 is a similar perspective view of the same bag after being filledland illustrates the man- In the drawings the bag, indicated bythe reference character, lll,g,has-the customary two opposite side walls Hand -12. A handle attachment 13,-stamped outofgheavycardboard or any other suitable material; of adequate strength, and having a fair degree of stiifness preferably considerably more rigid than the material. from which the bag is formed, and preferably shaped approximately as illustrated in Fig. 1, is secured to the outer face of one wall ll of the begin inverted position and preferably in the relative location shown in Fig. '1'; I The handle 13 has a wide bottom portion [4 terminating in a straight ,bellows-type bag embodying .my invention and bottom edge I5 (which appears as the 'top edge when the handle'jis in the inverted position of Fig. 1), with the edge [5 preferably of a length approximating the width of the side wall ll of "the bag. The handle I3, ,of'cour'se, has a cut out section IQ of adequate size to provide a carrying hold for the fingers, which cut out portion is located above the bottom portion l4 when the handle is swung into its normal carrying position.

'top edge I1 of the bag 'wall, is spaced below the top edge of the bag a distance preferably approximately equal to the width of the bottom portion 'I4 or to the width of the layer of adhesive by which the handle is secured to the bag, as shown in Figs, 1 and 2.

When the bag is to be closed the two opposite side walls II and [2 are brought together in the usual manner and the top ends of these abutting side walls are then folded over on a line 18. (Fig. 2) approximately coinciding with the edge l5 of the.handle, and then are given a second fold on saline. l9. parallel to. thenfirst fold line ,l8wand spaced from the first fold line l8 a distance corresponding to the width of the bottom portion [4 of the handle or the width of the layer of adhesive by which the handle has been attached to the bag. The bag and handle will then be in the relative position illustrated in Fig. 2. The handle I3 is now brought to the upright carrying position, thus swung upward approximately 180 from its original inverted position to the position shown in Fig. 3. In swinging the handle to its upright carrying position the two folded consolidated top portions of the walls of the bag are pressed together by the bottom portion of the handle, as shown clearly in Fig. 3. In this position the bag can be carried by the handle 1 3 without danger of the bag opening up as long as the carrying pull is exerted on the handle, inasmuch as the pull on the handle, while the handle remains in this upright position, will hold the top folded-overiportions of the bag pressed together. Furthermore with the top portions of the bag and handle in the'position'shown in Fig. 3, the pulling strain on the bag will be distributed to both main walls I I and I2 since the pull on the folded top portions of these walls, as apparent from Fig. 3, will result in an equalized pull being transmitted to both sides of the bag from the handle.

When the bag is in the closed carrying position of'Fig. 3 it can nevertheless be reopened. The

reopening is'accomplished by setting the bag down in an upright position, turning the handle back from the position in Fig. 3 first to that shown in Fig. 2, which will cause'the folded-over top sections of the bag again to resume their relative positions of Fig. 2, then finally bringing the handle down 'to'the completely inverted position which will enable the top'edgesof the two walls II and I2 to be separated and the bag brought substantially backto the position illustrated in Fig. 1. Thus it is possible to use the bag'over and over'asa carrier, shopping bag, etc.

In theevent' the filled bag is tobe permanently sealed, as, for example, when the bag is to be used as a container for material being shipped or stored, the perman'ent'sealing of the filled bag is quicklyand easily jac'complishedby staplingior sewing the closed'bag of Fig. 3 through the bottom portion of the handle and the adjacent fol'dsof the top portion of the'bag, thus as illustrated by the staples in Fig. 4. When so stapled the top folds of the bag will be firmly held in closed sealing position regardless of the position of the bag and thus the bag can be laid or stored on its "but also, duetothe fact' thatthe handle, when in :the original inverted-position of Fig. 1 does not extend beyond the borders of the bag itself, en-

ables foldedempty-bags-to be storedor bundled without requiring-excessive extra space. .-je'ction to certain types of handled bags is that the handles take up con'siderableroom in storage space.

One ob- Minormodifications inmy bag and handle combina'tion, ithus, for-iinstance -inthe form or shape 4 of the handle, would of course be possible within the scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. As an article of manufacture, an opentopped bag formed of lpaper-like's'heet material and having two opposite side walls, and a handle and closure member secured to the outer face of one of said side walls adjacent the top of said bag, said member comprising an elongated substantially. rigid base portion having a substantially flat side which is secured to said bag wall with said base portion substantially parallel withthetop edge of said wall and spaced from said side wall top edge to provide a free edge portion of said walls to be folded over in back of said base portion in closing said bag, a

support portion substantiallyrig-idwith said .base

portion and extending substantially intheiplane of said base portion from the longer-edgeof said base portion opposite from the top edge of .said

bag walLand a handle portionconnected .to said support portion and spaced from said base portion, whereby aiter folding the free top edge portions or said side walls over in back of said base portion the lifting of said handle portion will invert said vbase portion and fold said-side walls over to close and support said bag.

2. An article as defined in claim 1 wherein said base portion has alength substantially equal to the width of said side wall and said flat side is secured to said bag wall substantially throughout the area thereof. 7

3. As an article of Emanufacture, I an opentopped bag formed or paper-like sheet -i naterial and having two-opposite side walls, and a handle and closure member secured :tothe @outer face of one of said side walls adjacent. the top of said bag, said memberbeing formed of substantially rigid heavy cardboard and integrally .including an elongated base portion with spaced arms extending therefrom and a handle portion extending between :said arms and spaced from said base portion, the longer dimension of said base portion being substantially equal to the width'of said side walls, one sided said baseportion being adhesively secured substantially throughout the area thereof to :said bag wall substantially-parallel with the top edge -;of said wall and-spaced from said top edge'a'distance substantialiyequal to. the shorter dimension of said base portion, said base portion being positioned with said arms and handle portion disposed opposite from the top edge ofsaid bag wall, whereby after folding thefree top edge ,portionsof saidside walls overin'back of said base portion the liftingofsaid handle ,portion will invert said base'portion .and fold said side walls over to close andsupport said bag.

GLENGARRY 1:. KING. 

